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Walter Jakobsson

1882 - 1957

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Walter Andreas Jakobsson (6 February 1882 – 10 June 1957) was a Finnish figure skater, and the oldest figure skating Olympic champion (at age 38). As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911. In 1910, he partnered with German figure skater Ludowika Eilers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Jakobsson has received more than 24,706 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Walter Jakobsson is the 40th most popular skater (up from 43rd in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Finland (up from 213th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Walter Jakobsson ranks 40 out of 315. Before him are Nikolai Panin, Maxi Herber, Sergei Grinkov, Anna Hübler, Alfred Berger, and Yuzuru Hanyu. After him are Denise Biellmann, Gabriele Seyfert, Charles Jewtraw, Claudia Pechstein, Karol Divín, and Knut Johannesen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Walter Jakobsson ranks 183. Before him are Benjamin Jones, Wyndham Halswelle, Robert Kerr, Amelita Galli-Curci, Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, and Henry J. Kaiser. After him are Jenő Fuchs, Henri Anspach, Elisabeth Abegg, Margaret Dumont, George Bancroft, and Ernestas Galvanauskas. Among people deceased in 1957, Walter Jakobsson ranks 149. Before him are Percy Hobart, Carl Bonde, Ronald Knox, Lasar Segall, P. C. Chang, and Viggo Larsen. After him are Guillermo Saavedra, Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Piero Carini, Julia Morgan, and Aleksey Remizov.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Walter Jakobsson ranks 204 out of 642. Before him are Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Rafael Paasio (1903), Sofi Oksanen (1977), Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898), Elmer Niklander (1890), and Henrik Gabriel Porthan (1739). After him are Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797), Marita Lindahl (1938), Rafael Erich (1879), Lasse Mårtenson (1934), Toivo Kuula (1883), and Jorma Ollila (1950).

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Among SKATERS In Finland

Among skaters born in Finland, Walter Jakobsson ranks 2. Before him are Clas Thunberg (1893). After him are Kaija Mustonen (1941), Lassi Parkkinen (1917), Kiira Korpi (1988), and Laura Lepistö (1988).

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